Tylosaurus nepaeolicus Cope 1874 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Liodon nepaeolicus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48

Belongs to Tylosaurus according to F. Fanti et al. 2014

See also Bell et al. 2013, Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Driscoll et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Russell 1967

Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus bernardi, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus iembeensis, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus kansasensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus pembinensis, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus proriger, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli

Type specimen: AMNH 1565, a partial skull

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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